Bake it, don't fake it.

As Fiancébot told me when I mentioned I would make brownies today, “either you like fudgy brownies, or you’re wrong”. If you are not a fan of chocolate, a.) I’m sorry for whatever happened to make you feel that way and b.) this recipe is not for you. These double chocolate, next level brownies are…

FULL DISCLOSURE: This post will contain a lot of Jurassic Park references. Over the weekend, I experienced the crazy happy madness that is a bridal shower – specifically, my bridal shower! It was established by mmmm pretty much everyone prior to the party that a great gift idea would be baking and kitchen gadgets. They…

It is with absolutely no hyperbole that I say this recipe is one of the best things I’ve ever made that wasn’t a cupcake. I got some culinary lavender in my Christmas stocking and realized I had no idea what to do with it. After some cursory Googling to find out what flavors go well…

Happy New Year friendos! I hope you all had a wonderful time with loved ones, or off of work sitting in a cave, or with Making a Murderer – I got to go to Texas, my motherland, to spend time with family and it was pretty great! My brother let me take over his kitchen…

Hello friends! I’m sorry for the long hiatus – year-end at work means lots of meetings and conferences and all sorts of nonsense. But fear not! The holiday season is in full swing, and I finally have some time to play around in my kitchen. Which is beneficial for everyone and everything except for tight…

Guten Tag, meine freunde! After another one of those damned “oh right…work” hiatuses, I am positively thrilled to be bringing you all a real life German recipe, from a real deal German! My dearest stiefmutti Margit was born and raised in Bavaria so when I tell you this is legit, I mean it. The recipe was…

Hello internet friends! I apologize for the radio silence as of late – as always, real life has a nasty habit of getting in the way. My workload at Real Work has tripled (tripled!) in the last week so I haven’t had as much time to be testing concoctions in the galley. Last night I…

You wake up in the morning, and all of the sudden BAM. HALLOWEEN IS OVER, PALS. November is upon us and without mercy, the march to the end of the year has begun. This is my most favorite time of year because it goes Halloween – Thanksgiving – My Birthday – Christmas – New Year’s…

Boys and ghouls, the most wonderful time of the year is finally upon us. HALLOWEEN. My most favorite holiday of all (sorry Arbor Day) is but 3 days away, and I am SO EXCITED. I get to dress up for a costume contest at work tomorrow, which obviously means two things – over the top…

In keeping with the “this could be us but you Florida” theme of my fall, today I whipped up a citrusy take on a pound cake. Pound cake, of the same family as banana bread which is NOT fooling anyone, is essentially just loaf-shaped cake but it at least has the decency to call itself…

It’s fall in my neck of the woods, finally! Though in Florida that doesn’t really mean much – palm trees don’t exactly change colors – it meant fires and hot chocolate and pumpkin (so much pumpkin) and apple cider and everything fantastic about New England when it’s cold, but not tooth-chatteringly so. Though not *technically* a fall…